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STORYBOOK TEST MATCH DEBUT FOR YORKSHIRE'S BOB APPLEYARD

Nottingham, July 1,

England's Bob Appleyard, 30-year-old Yorkshire medium paced bowler, had a storybook debut in Test cricket here today in, taking five Pakistan wickets for 51 runs.

He was primarily responsible for Pakistan being dismissed by the tea interval for 167. And this was on a good batsman's wicket. England whs 121 for two. wickets at the close and apparently in a commanding position. This is the second encounter in the series, the first having been drawn.

Brought on by David Shep pard. England's new captain, when Pakistan were 37 fur obe, Appleyard transformed the game by dimissing Hani Mohammad, Maqsood Ahmed, Waqar Bussi and Imtiaz Ahmed at a persons!

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rung. If body six

This was achieved by a rubtle variation of ce, spla ad swing. willed 10 perfect control of Benth and direction,

with eight wickets

behind standing.

Simpson, on his home ground, has so far hit aix fours in his undefeated 78-Reuter

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COULD BE HIT Appleyard's final figures his memorable fil Test were Ave for 51, The later Pakistan batsmen, although they failed to stay long, at least showed

With a clover mixture of irə swingers and off-breaks, and varying his paca deceptively, Appleyard had an almost unr playable spell of four wickets for six runs in four avers and three balls,

His final pre-lunch Ogure, were eight overs, four maldene, 14 runs and four wickets. Go ing in at 37, he changed Pakis

Few bowlers have had a better that the ball could be hit. tan's score from 37 for one to Test debut. It had Particular the fall of Kardar's wicket,

Aalam

Joined drama, since Appleyard only re-Monamid turned to first das chickes this all but they added only 10 score to 121 alter a two your cbsne runs to take the

before an extra fast ball from Statham removed Ghazall's off

count by p lung cotoplaint,

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the

55 for five. Brian Statham had braken the opening partnership, bowling Alimuddin at 26. After bowling for an hour he was relieved by Appleyard who im- mediately dropped on a tantall- Hani! Mohanmut Was the

the moet impressive of the Pakistan

shump.

sing spot, which made batsmen, playing rome palerance This brought in 16-year-old batsman ureertain whether to strokes before Balling to Apple Knoll Hassan,

youngest go forward or back. to play J9 Alkul yard for

Hafees cricketer

in a Test The second ball plainly faster 15 maa

captain, match and the crowd gave him than the first whipped back

The from the played a dor mungs of 20. but at encouraging welcome.

off and had Hanit could not catrieve The Pakala England players applauded Mohammad plainly

Jeg beford when he got off the mark with at 37. Maqsood Ahmed turned postm

Starea peau-old Khidid Hasaingle,

Appleyard to fine leg for four 201, tie younges. Tra cekete

Khalid in the same over but six runs WAN KAVAH # generous reception struck Beder firmly 10 the later a faster ball which

cut by the prawd of about 15.00d-wicket boundary and when away from leg, struck the edga and made

bold coker Appleyard replaced Statham he of Maggood's bat and dey Into before the Rube › Appierend repeated the stroke. With the the wicket-keeper's hands. tsumphed.

next

taken boll, however, he skied A Appleyard had then Sheppard sells de catch to wide mid-on.

two wickets for six runs in 14 example in the Reid and took a

A brilliant bowling spell

of balls. With the first bail neot catch.

four wickets for six

wrecked Waqara his fourth over

wicket with a ball which whipped back from the off and with the third ball of his ANI over an off-break considerably and took moved Imtiaz Ahmed's off stump. This gave him four for six.

In the next

over

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Yorkshire's Bob Appleyard hid Pakistan in die strafts before lunch.

When England batted, Sampa son was more aggressive than his captain. But neither looked in any real trouble and took the

Appleyard, making a return seure to 98 before Sheppard was to cricket this year after an ab- well cought by wicketkeepersence of two scusons through a serious chest complaint, took May dragged the bull on to his in wicket with his second ball in wicket before scoring, Laat at the Test cricket and went on to de- close England were only 3 moralise the leading batsmen.

Imtiaz Ahmed on the leg side.

Middlesex Take First Innings Points From Warwickshire

17

London, July 1.

Aquagnificent second wicket stand of 324 in five and

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OVERSHADOWED

75 13

more

It was medium pace bowling of the finest class. Meanwhile, Alec Bedser was overshadowed for once. But ha toiled тап- fully at the other end for minutes and conceded only runs in 11 overs,

Pakistan 10st twyn wickels, both jo Bedser the Arst

his hour after lunch in second over after the interval, Beder trapped Fazal with in-swinger. The batsman played to short fine leg where Sheppard made a good diving catch.

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a half hours by Sid Brown and Bill Edrich helped Middle-ever, Kardar was playing com- sex gain first innings points over the County Champion-dently ship leaders, Warwickshire, today.

Middlesex, who are second in the table, got off to a bad start in chasing Warwickshire's total of 858. They Jost Robertson to the second ball of the day. But Edrich was at his best. He opened confidently und with polished strokes all round the wicket reached his century in 215 minutes.

Play become static for while both Ghazali and Kardor carefully watching the bowling of Bedser and Appleyard. How-

and it was a surprise when he hit across a ball from Bedser at 111 to give a catch to mid-off.

Pakistan won the Captain Abdul Hafeez Kardar did not hesitate to bat against England.

tose and

KICK IN IT

A high kick by Rex Hartwig during his match against Edwin Tsai of Hongkong in the men's singles of the All-England Tennis Championships at Wimble- don. Hartwig won in three straight sete§-1, 7-5, 6-3,

--Reuterphoto.

The Vital Question Is: Will Hutton Be Doing Himself Justice?

Says ARCHIE QUICK

Coincidental with the news that Len Hutton has neuritis, and may be out of cricket for two weeks that includes the Second Test against Pakistan and maybe the Third-came a brilliant century by David Sheppard at Hove for Sussex against Gloucester. This immediate- ly set wagging the tongues of the gasps who said that Sheppard, was the ready-made successor to Hutton and a possible candidate for the captaincy in Australia next winter.

It would be a remarkable turn of events if this happened for Sheppard gave up the captaincy, of Sussex to Hubert. Doggurt in order to study for the ministry, Although he led Sussex info second position last summer, he has decided to retire from regular big cricket and study for Holy Orders, Sussex have not been quite the same without him.

The suggestion that he should| I spoke to Sheppard, after, his only county to do so and I captain England, though,' was century at Hove and he said: "I think we are a better team for quite a bolt frmn the blue, even a determined to carry out the it. We do not consider that a although he did tour Australia wishes of my mother and study professional is being deprived of with the last MCC side there for the Church, but if by any employment when an amateur The natural successor to Hullon chance I was offered the comes into the de," is undoubtedly Trevor Bailey. taincy of England that I

There is not refuse, and I would post-

one general con- The Essex man has won his pone my studies. But I really census of opinion though, srid Test spurs with bat and ball think Trevor Balley is the man that is that Peter May ir the and there should be no question for the job. Then there is Reg greatest of post-War amateurs of his not taking over as skip- Simpson. He captains Notting- and, that he is sure to captain per of England although he does hum and is a more 'regular Test England one day, not act in that capacity for his player than

He and Trevor Bailey, they

county.

I am I could not. turn" down `` such

the however, Doug Insole Essex captain.

Bailey is the one amateur who has been able to command

in the West Indies and in Aus-

tralia.

great honour."

with

aay, are "musta" for Australia

together

Hutton, Bedner,

Hutton's neuritis in the back Denis S

Evans

Alec and

nock is, I understorid, After that opinions differ, but and from what I have heard I would

strain.

a regular place in his country's | arti eleven, sincé' tho' Wor and he actually nerveus has played admirably at home, there can be litile doubt that'll say that Reg Simpson is the is the aftermath of his trying

that experiences in the West Indies, vole to open with Hub-

ton,

Edrich should be The captaincy has affected his middle batting, that Bring Stat- "anchor" at No. ཅ to stendy, the batting, for in Afteen completed ham is the best of the fast

this innings

FERSON he has bowlers and that Johnny Wordle scored only a

little over 300 and, Jim. Laker, arg. the leading rung, and those in, most sketchy

spinners, fashion.

THE BLOOD-LEtting was alMOST BESTIAL

Ezzard Charles Has Proved

Doubt

That Fighter

Beyond He's A Game

New York, July 1.

An iron man and an iron heart, changed the fight world's opinion of two men. For Rocky Marciano, still Heavyweight Champion of the World, it ended in the negative all, questions as to whether he was the "now Dempsey."

For Ezzard Charles, again a beaten challenger, it ended a long-held theory that he did not have it when the going was rough.

He took them, shook them off. Those two facts were provedi And it was Charles — thẹ | beyond

doubt in tho chilly loser-who, sinerged: the hero. and kept coming back with gamo blackness of the Yankee From the sixth round on, little furries of his own, He Stadium on June 17 no these Marciano took charge with could not win, but he did not two slashed through one of the pounding ripping utlack which quit. He could have gone down bloodfest-and one of the best proved that while he may not and still be hailed as one of the ughts of all time. It was not have the punch of a Dempsey games. But he stayed on his boxing bout but a brutal, almost he has one of the most inex feet to prove it beyond doubt. bestial blood-letting which had haustible bodies in ring annals,

And later, moving with pain- you praying for the end.

He hit Charles with every-ful slowness in the sanctuary of thing he had, powerful drives his dressing room, he blasted

Northern Ireland's Team For The Empire Games

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The big question appears be: Will Hutton do himself and

England justice as a vital open-

WORTH TRYING:

An ingenious friend of mine

ing bat in Australia next winter has discovered a way to beat If ho continues to lead the side the Hungarians at football! He would not mind being suprimarily a water pola player.

planted.

SOLE TOPIQ

he is also a Soccer enthusiast and his idea, applies water polo tactics to football.

In the middle thirties, when Plaistow

United used to

What do they talk about In cricket dressing rooms these wer summer days? Almost the sole supply the majority of players tople

is the trip to Australia to the International teema, Eng- and who should make it Surland were supremont water prisingly, many professionals bola to the.atient of a ten goal want a bigger amateur element margin over other countries. In the game and would not at

Then came the day when wo All sorry to see Len Button

were shocked at a first-ever superseded by an unpald

defeat by Hungary. It would be better for his in Saiton and his father set about dividual game, they think, and

Dlayer.

(Reg it would tend to make for devising a strategy to circum- vent the wizards" of Budapest brighter cricket.

whose water potò, skill: bone a Said Derek Shackleton, the remarkable resemblance to

all-rounder Hampshire have had the same dapper since garian footballers.

"We present day play of the Hunt-

the War (Desmond Eager) the

flush on the law and scorching the myth of the new Demper Nandi

shots to the body which smack-by mumbling through puffed ed home with a sound of Ikus: malict in an abbatolr.

Tribesmen

the

Very much like the style of the 'Spurs of a year, qr: so ngo the ball moved from goalkeeper forwards in one flowing movement, the ball having been

to

could be made.

To Compete At passed on; before the tackde harder and no matter how Empire Games

"Jersey Joe Walcott hit me

look, I wasn't hurt.”

Even Marciano. paid: him tri- buta as the champion agreed:

"He's got a lot of guts, that

He has indeedt-United Press,

The pitch was in perfect con-

GROTESQUE MASH dition, but the weather was dult

Ezzard's face was a grotesque, and the gathering dark clouds Brown was the first to go and ❘versity 120 (Wood four for 38) presented a threat a full day's

mask. Blood dripped Miss

Thelma Hopkins, twisted his 148 Included 18 fours.

wicket. No play play. and 28 for no

from the corner of his right eye 18-year-old British. Olympic and pro Teams: England-D. Shep- "Edrich, fourth out at 355, hit was possible after the ten ipter-

noso and mouth, 20 fours in his 196, which oc- vai becauso rain.

R.

and Simpson, P. May. pard,

Irish | mingling with the steadily drip- representative cupled five hours 50 minutes. At Taunion: Somerset 140 Compton.

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Craveney hockey international, will ping Low from a šlish over guy.” and 176 for five (Kitoon 60). Bailey, T. G. Evans, J. Wardle, be one of the busiest com-

Marciano's left eye and the Force 170 (Wilke Bedrer B. Statham, R. Apetitors in the

A.

claret from his nose, Empire not out 73. Lawrence four for

pleyard.

There was a bulging lump, Pakistan: Hanif Mohammad. Games in Vancouver next

like a tremendous plug of chow- Allmuddin, Waqar Hassan, Mag- month.

ing tobacco, od Ezzard's left sood Ahmed, Imtiaz Ahmed, A. Fazal Mahmood, M. Kardar,

cheek where a blood vessel had Ghazali, Mohammad Aslam,

broken on the Inside, and Khalid Hassan, Khan Moham

Ezzard's puffed lips were match-

Royal Air

Middlesex had a lead of 20 rung with six wickets left at the close.

There was a thrilling fight 30). for

which first innings lead

At Manchester: Leicestershire Lancashire Yorkshire eventually won by five 282 (Palmer 53). runs against Northamptonshire. 101 for three (Washbrook 52). The lost live Northants wickets Rain curtailed play. fell for 42 runs after the new ball had been taken.

Fred Trueman

was

She will contest the High Jump, 80 Metres Hurdles, Jave In Throw and Long Jump, She is best known as a 6-cxt-4-ed by the swelling which almost inch high Jumper.

med.

THE SCOREBOARD Pakistan 1st Danings

1

team

4

10

At Lards: MCC beat Oxford almost University by 37 runs (two-day entirely responsible, taking four match). MCC 322 for six de- of the last five wickets, while 11clared and 158 for nine declar- way hit off him. He finished (Saeed 63, Birrell 'four for with five for 83, Yorkshire led 36). Oxford University 319 for Alimuddin, b Statham

declared (Williams 74, Hanif Mohammad, lbw, b by 208 runs with four second seven

Appleyard intings wickels in hand at the Delisle 114, Fellows Smith not

out 94) and 194 (Clark Ave for Waqar Hassan, b Appleyard Maqsood Ahmed, e Evans, b Anished (41).

Appleyard

close.

matches were

today, Derbyshire beating Kent by raven wickets and Gloucester shire defeating Worcestershire,

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At Southampton: Hampshire Imtiaz Ahmed, b Appleyard 11 100 and 39 for 2, Nottingham-F. H. Kardar, c. Compton, stiro 324 for D declared, (Giles Bodser..... the only County without win 72, Dooland 70).

Fazal Mohammad, e. Shep- by an innings and 15 rune.

pard, b. Bedsor Mohammad Aslam, b. Wardle Khalid Freeon b. Appleyard A Khan Mohamad, not out

At Ebb Vale: Glamorgan. 259

202

Extras

Total

closed his left eye.

ST LEGER TO BE

RUN ON A

SATURDAY

London, July 1.

The Suttons plan was to play only, one roving, forwarth and the remainder to pack back into Nairobi, July, 1. defence, and block the Hun- Five Nandi tribesmen" from gurlank"attempts to shoot at tho

Northwest highlands of

When the ball camo. Into goal. Kenya are included in a team of the defenders' posession it was nine African athletes who will elting first time to the solitary at the British forward and ho got four goals present. Kenya

and Empire

Commonwealth by these breakaway methods. Game in Vancouver late this Shades of the Arsenal,

Now my friend's contention is team will leave here for that football and water polo, are London fty plane next Monday closely, allled and his idea is Before going to Canada they will that modified Button scheme compete in the Amateur Athletle could be applied to our Inter-

Association Championships at

9 and 10, and in the white ste samay the playing of ·

the White City, London, an Jul national Soccer telles with

Not: The Doncaster St Leger, last meeting on July 17only one forward but a defence Also in the Northern Ireland. You winced in the safety of British classic event of 1054, will The outstanding member of in depth to provent those

those relentless is Victor Millig, of your santes.

now be run on Saturday, Sep; the team is 20-your-old Jonathan Hungarian, breaks-through down Queen's University, Belfast, Marchand Boty hammered time. nominated for the 880 Yards and and gain in a terible tpline bei inatoa of Wednes: Lengmur; a, Sambury teacher the middle and on the wings. day, September 8, as originally who set up a new Kenya record something has got to be dona thent battered Que Mile, who recently set up

In the High Jump last month of to plug the gap, sta a new Irish record of minutes through those last for tright orange

6 feet 7 incho. China" Maij 6.7 seconds for the One Mile. ing rounds. No, men,, ypu. fall, Today's "Racing, Calendar "

could stand such punishment official journal of the English Special. Northern Ireland's athletic team rated as the greater puncher following announcement.

The two other members of from this musculor Marce, Jockey Club, contained the are Javelin thrower Dick Mill-shace the immortal Dempsey, er, who throw over 220 feet last; But Ezzard, did.. your, and hammer thrower J. Lally,

as

14

10

W. Devlin is one

13

swimmers saleoted,

157

of three LANDY FAILS TO

BEAT RECORD

He. will

was Derbyshire's third and 57 for 2, Essex 954 for 9 M. E Ghazal, b. Statham victory in succession and their declared (Dodds 04, Horstall 60, sixth this senson.

Smith 50) Kent's bating fallure regre At Birmingham: Warwickshire septod

compete in the 110 Yards Stroke. another

talumph for 358, Middlesex 378 for 4, (W. Derbyshire's

The others are D. Fletcher, who pace attack, notably. Edrich 195, Brown 148). Jackson who took six for 40 and 208 for 6, (Lester 50, Close

At Radford: Yorkshiro

Gothenburg, July 2. will compete in the 220 Yards Breast: Stroke and· D: Laverty; Australian John Landy, the wap all out for 118.

54 N.O.), Northamptonshire 257 prylous

Fail of wickets: 1/20, 2/37, who will swim the 1.650 Yards fastest maller in the world, last

Free Derbyshire, dismouto ga (Tyson 70.

Style 721, 3/43, 4/60, 6/55 0/84, 7/11) equivalent of the 1,660 Matres), world's best time of 3 mins

(Empire Games night falled to better nown Trueman 6 for 09)Reuter. 8/121, 9/188, 10/107!

PT. Watson and T. Hosbot-41.8 seconds for 1,500 metrue, Bowling

M. w tom will represont Northern

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for 85.and Langgaire.for 361

Worcestershire failed against Gloucestershire's spin bowler

on a tricky pitch at Bristol and Good Neighbour

were all out for 113 in just over

two hours.

The Worcestershire collapse

was brought about by the off-

breaks of J.

Shield Match

Mortimore, who The following are the results bowled with deadly accuracy to of the second match of the

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Bedow Statharn Appleyard Balley Wardle

Byes D, Tog byes 1, no ball (Statham) 1 tokenix wickets for 14 runs in Good Neighbour Shield match Sheppard, a Imtiaz Ahmed,

England 1st Innings between Fupino Club and UBRC played bt the Filipino b. Khan Mohammed

Kareem Slimpeon, not out At Bristol: Gloucester beat yesterday.

Mi Noves, A. J. Coelho,

May," "b. Khari. Mohanimad Worcestershire by an Innings Tan, and 18 runs, Worcestershire boat Neve (Filipac Club) Compton, not out

eight_

OVETN CLOSE OF PLAY SCORES.

Clib

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122 and 118 (Mortimore six for den, N 14) Gloucestershire

B. Von-Jul-

250 for Cog

MI-AMPT

M. A; Rahman,

orven declared (Young 102, M. Rosarlo, Dr V. N. ALE

ton 84).

At Chesterfield: Derbyshire (Flipino Club) lost to B.

Kent by seven wickets. 2. Cup, C. Ingladwy, D. “La Best 141 and 110 (Jackson al Biwerde

De for. 40), Derbyshire 210 (Pati C. M

At Horfiam: Squson 322 for

five, declared, · Cambridge Un

tot

(for two)

Farai

ibmood

2. Mohamiraad

THE CAMBOLS

NOW IN:

"At the roquest of the Goy- ernment, tie Stewarde

Jockey Club fave allered date of the Doncaster September

Bxture, 1954 trom September

to 10 to Beptember 8 to 11,⠀⠀

SCM ROSTATEAMS Aegal level: signingt an

VISITING MACAO OVER WEEK-END

Reg Sutton is still among us and, àaja' long shot, why “should- not the Football Association, nek Him

his strategy to all, it worked on

09, an

all-conquering Hungarian side, and currently in football, we do

of: play at 4. Line-

· 12:

The miniaturo football team, whadis DIANA RODA w

have

no.

polo, by the way, is a

"The St. Legen: Stakes will be basketball team and table tenni!

ing Post Sporte Association w

"The Amátetar. Representation and been pay a visit to blueto over

(that more players than ever, ura, Banth Yorkshire industrialists ade to the Government by Werkend

Over 30 players, including playing the same stand ero

run on Saturday, September 11, team, of the, South China De

Aociation jela ma

Ahat o mikewed? St, Exeger ward ofciais, "ded by: „Me Au Teudi favourites to win at the Van- discut production and cause Ping, Hon. Secretary

of the

ouver – Eynpire Games, but will make stale odbitkin júli Kai pro- voluntary: obseriesjamy saping Sports Association, coal miners-tou

the trip.

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